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14 years of austerity left many feeling grateful simply not to be on the streets
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14 years of austerity left many feeling grateful simply not to be on the streets

In the final More Than One Story film in the series director Chris Sonnex calls for justice, fairness and change

The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged
Homelessness

The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged

Debbie Hannan recalls harrowing experiences in the housing market in the latest More Than One Story film

This is how we break the cycle of homelessness and incarceration
Homelessness

This is how we break the cycle of homelessness and incarceration

As part of Cardboard Citizens’ nine-part series of films about homelessness, More Than One Story, storyteller Errol McGlashan explains how he came to create No Walls, Still Trapped – and what it means

LGBTQ+ homelessness is a topic that’s deeply personal for me – it’s heartbreaking
Homelessness

LGBTQ+ homelessness is a topic that’s deeply personal for me – it’s heartbreaking

I had no idea that overcrowding was a form of homelessness – I had no idea I was homeless
Homelessness

I had no idea that overcrowding was a form of homelessness – I had no idea I was homeless

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The boiling frog of domestic abuse – and why shame can’t breed where the light shines
Homelessness

The boiling frog of domestic abuse – and why shame can’t breed where the light shines

Letters: How can we have a four-day week when some of us are working seven?
Letters

Letters: How can we have a four-day week when some of us are working seven?

How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?
Homelessness

How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?

Our right to housing is dependent on our immigration status – that’s the definition of racism
Homelessness

Our right to housing is dependent on our immigration status – that’s the definition of racism

Homeless people need more than sandwiches – they need and deserve to be seen as individuals
Homelessness

Homeless people need more than sandwiches – they need and deserve to be seen as individuals

Big Issue and Cardboard Citizens present new film series showing homelessness is more than one story
Film

Big Issue and Cardboard Citizens present new film series showing homelessness is more than one story

Theatre helped Jonnie Barton come to terms with his history of homelessness
Theatre

Theatre helped Jonnie Barton come to terms with his history of homelessness

Emilia Teglia’s journey from Big Issue vendor to founding a theatre company
Theatre

Emilia Teglia’s journey from Big Issue vendor to founding a theatre company